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(male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 7 starts now. >> the san francisco 49ers are prepareing for the raiders. the deficit go police department are prepared for what they call possible knuckleheads. >> the 49ers a waking up enormous this morniin new orleag will hear from some of the players and the coach. >> before we do that let us get a update of weather and traffic. in live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> let us find out about the forecast erica morning erica. >> we have a weak system passing by you will notice some high clouds in the distance. mildcool in some spot. locations in the north bay, an east bay interior valleys
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are in the '30's. most of us are waking up to '40's and to the afternoon. pretty much everyone will be in the '50s. >> the wins will start to die down and we are looking at mostly clear skies--the winds. >> 37 in santa rosa. 46 then navato . >> upper '40's and san francisco. >> i will have the highs coming up in my next report. the morning george. >> the morning erica a quick commute check no hot spots right now. a typical back up at the bay bridge. 16-18 minutes. >> your quick commute check shows moderate to heavy traffic for the east bay freeway. we're starting to see a slowing for interstate 84 west bound and 684 westsinole grade. >> we have residual slowing through mountain view on 101 northbound in the wake of an earlier occurring accident. >> a light ride 4101
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southbound. >> back to football! the 49ers are waking up in the big easy. hopefully will be easy for them to defeat the baltimore ravens. >> colin kaepernick is courting the had an ear phones. we will see jim harbaugh getting off the plane last night enormous holding his daughter. >> as you can imagine the excitement is tied for the players and for the fans. that stash the excitement is hig--the excitement is high. >> kron fours will tran is in san francisco at the city hall. he will tell us about plans that are in place. >> the officials will gather like coaches coming up with a game plan. they
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want to make sure to show the world that san francisco is a world-class city and that is why they plan to beef up patrols during superbowl sunday as well as the not going into monday after the game. >> here is video of the 49ers players leaving santa clara headquarters. they are waiting to the fans. the fans are greeting them to make sure to see the mark one last time for those of cannot go to normal onnew orlea >> will talk to mayor ed lee throughout the week concerning what he plans to do. he has talked to the restaurant and asked the bartender is not to serve hard liquor or not as much hard liquor during the game. >> san francisco police chief last add extra manpower to the mission district. that was the area we saw a vandalism going on the night after the giants won the world series. trash
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cans were being brought into the streets, buildings were being spray-painted. they want to make sure this is not a repeat performance as far as the 49ers are concerned. >> small-business owners, merchants, and residents. we will do everything possible to keep our city safe as we do our best to celebrate what we should have for 18 years. it should be everybody's celebration and not destruction in any way. the safety of our city is the number-one priority as we go on to celebrate what will hopefully be our superbowl when for the last 18 years. >> can you feel the excitement in the air darya? >> look at city hall is lit up with red and gold you can see the niners flag. as far as what the city is doing one more thing, they are tripling the amount of police officers on superbowl sunday. for example they have 100, 130 officers.
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there will have for a hundred officers monitoring the streets of san francisco. back to you darya. >> this week leading up everyone is wearing their gear. the no. 7 jersey are flying off the shelf. we have team coverage with kron. you will be going to norman. >> ato normal onew orleans. >> i will be in new orl leans to give you the updates. >> thank you will. >> what was the difference,
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what you do. honestly there were times in the first four years there was no question that this is the year we will make the playoffs. i always thought if we could get and the playoffs. we cannot get over the hump. he came in him being the coach he is, in putting together the staff he put together it was just, he already have players that want to win, players that want to work, less than one to sacrifice to when. with the additional and on quiberoplayers he brough >> he was talking about head coach jim harbaugh and what
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he did for the 49ers that got them to this point. >> the 49ers will spend a full week in new orleans. the ravens will arrive later today. >> 1994 was the last time the 49ers came back victorious from the superbowl. >> every time the niners have gone to the superbowl they have one. let us hope that the tradition keeps up. >> colin kaepernick is familiar with the venue. is that right? >> yes. it is all good. >> to follow the teens and fans between now and game time. we will bring the press conference live on our 24/7 news channel, has won 93. >> for all of your superbowl information go to our web site kron4.com. >> we may learn the fate of
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it is 7:11 a.m.. >> in a rare joint interview, president obamas said down with his outgoing secretary of state, that stash sat do-- sat down with his secretary of state hillary clinton. the two spoke about how their relationship has evolved over the last five years. the two were once bitter rivals, but now allies. the president and hillary both consider each other strong france. obama was also asked about possibly endorsing hillary in 2000 16th and here's what they both had to say. >> also during the interview she was asked about her health. she says she is feeling great " i am looking
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>> good morning. welcome back at about king sto. a devel. crews are continuing to work and clean up some very slippery conditions in minnesota. a mix of snow, freezing rain, sleet made driving a bit treacherous, as you can see here. the conditions play a role and hundred of crashes yesterday. nobody was seriously injured. accidents included three jackknifed tractor-trailer spirit of those was a propane tanker. earlier over the weekend a st. storm impact of a lot of places where we saw a lot of bad conditions.
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>> let us turn to traffic we have george standing by with an update on a hot spot. >> that is right james. our camera is slipping in and out. we are looking at an accident in san jose that started off blocking the three left-hand lane. the shot made of the available now. it has been cleared to the center divider. traffic is backed up on 101 northbound direction leading up to--looking at the back
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up from the traffic maps. the back up now reaches back toward the 2 80/680 interchange. the good news is it is likely this will be gone fairly quickly. >> bay bridge back up 18 minutes not into the maize but back to west grand. >> the san the tail bridge ride slowing adding to minutes of the drive time. it is a 13 minute transit to hayward to foster city. >> the golden gate bridge ride, 101 southbound, light traffic and a major delays for the marin ride on 101 southbound. >> to the what i weather center here's erica. >> we have a weak system overhead providing some of the high clouds. they will pass through over into the afternoon. we're waking up to mainly clear skies and temperatures not bad. >> mid '30's in livermore. downtown san francisco currently at 47. low '40's in oakland. into the at
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o'clock hour still contending with the '40's. potentially holding onto stubborn '30's in places like vallejo, an apple. >> by lunchtime--and napa. >> we are expecting mainly upper 50s. >> 8:00 p.m. tonight temperatures will start to cool again. the purple on your screen indicates we're back into the '40's for most of our in one spot and holding on to 50s along the coast. >>--inland spots. >> we have showers well off shore we will see clear skies and to the afternoon. it will be breezy conditions along the coast. the wind couldn't reach up to 20 mi. per hour. we could see when advisories for our bridges. >> and the south bay 56 degrees in the afternoon. in los gatos. >> 57 in santa clara.
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>> similar conditions 57 for walnut creek. 59 for castro valley. >> 58 in downtown san francisco and mid fifties for navato. >> this is a transition day high pressure starting to build back into control. you will see clear skies and sunshine for the next string of days. >> dry weather in the bay area. we will see more of the off shore flow keeping temperatures into the afternoon on the warmer side. >> thursday mid to upper 60s. we will continue with nice, pleasant, and temperatures above the seasonal average. >> nice weather to look forward to more cloud into saturday and sunday. >> temperatures above average as we head down to santa cruz temperatures will be in the low seventies. guys. >> thank you erica. it is 7:20 a.m. lead us take a
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look at the markets. the dow stops deposit it has gone negative. 26 points to the downside 13,00869. while blacrob black will meet with us to explain that if trading. >> twitter is now worth $9 billion state to invest an offer by the world's largest asset company. >> black rock has launched an $80 million offer to a number of twitter earlier employees. the increase in twitters evaluation comes during a rocket. for silicon valley. apple has lost more than a third of its value in four months. and intel and microsoft are struggling to adapt as smart phones and tablets dominate over pcs. all lanes of westbound interstate highway 80 in a el cerritop are open after a
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fatal collision close the road for several hours sunday. the collision, at the cutting boulevard off ramp, was the first reported just before 9:00 p.m.. involve the least two cars, including a black s u v. one person was killed. all four lanes west bound 80 or close while the chp investigated. the road way reopened at 1130. >> take a look at this! a free way side show in oakland. we're getting eyewitnesses' accounts of what stopped traffic on traffic880 saturday afternoon. the cell phone bill of loaded on to you too, shows spectator stopping their cars near the oh dot co coliseum and oracle of rain up. the california highway patrol says it received a call
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about a side show at aroun two 320 in the afternoon. one officer responded, then several others in follow on motorcycles and cars. the chp was on scene within two minutes. by then, those involved in the sideshow had already left. investigators are reviewing the videos of loaded on line says several license plates are visible. >> this is more cellphone video another oakland sideshow. looks very dangerous. with a crowd of people circuit around the spinning car. the car can extremely close to spectators at the times but no one was injured. >> westbound on sky way to southbound 101 a hot spot. more on the kron 4 morning news when return.
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pass on the fees the credit issues make pay them--them pay. this means customers could be charged on 0.5 to 3 percent more on your purchase if you choose to charges. the seed does not apply to debit transactions. >> a reminder to plan on sending any mail by the old- fashioned way you have to shell out an extra penny for postage. first-class stamps are going up 46¢ and postcards will not cost 33¢. international mail when up more and will cost $1.10. the hike in prices comes while the u.s. postal service continues to struggle financially. >> we will be back with more on
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lick freeway on 101 southbound locking 2 lanes of traffic. it has jammed up the inbounds central freeway to the octavia's street expressway. the sky way is slow coming around the corner from the ninth street off ramp. expect delays. so far it has not backed up on to the upper deck but could. we've also attract a south bay hot spot 101 northbound a look at the traffic. the location is here. the accident blocked three lines it has been moved to the center divider. the last of the vehicles has yet to be cleared. the shot is back. the last vehicle has left the scene. chp is still here however, the back up is still with us. it reaches back to the 6 80/101 interchange. >> a quick look at the weather from erica. >> thank you george. a clear start to the morning no problems are fog temperatures sitting in the
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'30's and '40's. >> we expect clouds mid to upper 50s and mild conditions as we head into tomorrow. >> looking ahead, a dry string of weather. a bit of a warming trend around thursday. >> for high pressure back in the forecast it will remain as we transition into the weekend. full details on what to expect ahead coming up in my next report. >> i watched you play your a gutsy quarterback. >> can you spread the word and get that out! >> the 49ers are waking up this morning in louisiana we had a video of them as they arrived in new orleans. >> there is colin kaepernick, there is jim harbaugh with a black baseball cap coming out with his child in his arms. >> the players, the families
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are soaking it in. we are watching the latest in san francisco because as they celebrate endorphinin new orleas will be celebrating in the city. with not one to read into the of what happened when the giants won the world series. kron fours will tran has details. >> the city learned a couple of months ago what they can do after a win. the giants won the world series and there was a vandalism ov. >> here is video after the san francisco 49ers one awon ovr the atlanta falcons. peopl >> this shows were people were arrested.
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>> sever cisco has had a lot of experience with this. they believe they are better--san francisco police they are better prepared. >> the bars were told not to serve too much hard liquor in keep an eye on customers if they are too intoxicated cut off the drinking. >> the san francisco police department plans to monitor the mission district. you remember the muni bus set on fire after the giants' victory. >> in they have about 100 to 130 officers working during superbowl sunday in going into monday morning. they will have as many as 400 police officers. back to you james. >> thank you will very much. it has been since 1994 that we have had a so-called victory it will be hard to contain the excitement. >> if we will keep you covered from the 49ers superbowl arrival in the northlandwew orleans.
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>> there is a news conference at 130. we have our news channel for the lastest news and traffic comcast 193 digital channel 4.. >> we have all the breaking news on kron 4 .com from facebook and twitter. >> this morning federal investigators are saying the 787 dream liner that experienced a battery fire earlier this month was delivered to japan airlines less than three weeks before the fire. the national transportation safety board says the plane had already recorded 169 flight hours and 22 flights when the fire erupted in one of the
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airlines to alicea ion battery is. >> the fire occurred at logan international airport shortly after the plane landed. a second battery incident led to an emergency landing by another 787 in japan on january 16th. the 787 fleet has since been grounded. >> the faa may have stopped a boeing from flying its 787 streamlidreamliners , the company is moving four with production. a boeing spokesperson confirms the company's solid keeping its current production schedule for the jets, but it also plans to double production by the end of the year. halting production could be costly for boeing and its suppliers. the company's dozen or 800 planes left to feel for the airlines.
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>> this morning the parties are beginning to work on the grim task of identifying the bodies of more than 230 people died in a brazilian nightclub fire. witnesses are saying that a flare or fireworks lit by the band may have started the blaze early sunday morning. authorities are saying that at the time of the fire roughly 2000 people were inside the club nearly double the maximum occupancy off. not say so cause of the victims' to suffocate more than wonder people are being treated at hospitals for their injuries. >> flooding continues to be a major problem in parts of australia. >> you can see just how hard the water is a raging in brisbane, queensland. there's been a number of water rescues over the last
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few days. the brisbane times reports three people dead as a result of the flooding, to others are missing. the flooding started with former tropical cyclone of walt. the flooding is also prompted some 500 people to evacuate their homes in new south wales. be t >> will be back with more and george will have our latest hot spot. [ dylan la] thisths ons waya to ktop yop und uwearweleanle
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>> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. we continue to monitor a hot spot in san francisco. they're making progress clearing the accident. southbound ed cesar chavez--at army cesar chavez. >> it is 7:39 a.m.. take a look at this new video into kron 4. a pdo of 20-25 gray whales appear just off the coast of san diego. high couple visiting from out of town took these amazing photos. the birch aquarium executive director says it is normal to see a lot of whales around this time of year. it is mating season
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for the whales as they migrate to baja, california. local marine experts say this might be the largest group of wales ever seen in this area. >> off a fell about the death of a man shot to death by a bart police officer four years ago has been awarded a top prize at the sundance film festival. fruitvale was awarded the u.s. during grand prize for a dramatic film. the cell calls 22 year-old oscar grant and the hours leading up to his death at the fruitvale bart station. grant was fatally shot in the back in the early hours of january 1, 2009 by bart police officer johannes > grant was on arm at the time he was shot. his death widespread outrage and
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protest and oakland. >> jennifer lawrence of the comedy silver linings playbook and daniel day- lewis of the civil war epic lincoln won the lead acting prizes at the screen actors guild awards. supporting actor honors went to an hataaway for performance in the musical ;es ,oserab;es and tommy lee jones for his role in the movie lincoln. dick van dyke was presented with a lifetime achievement award. >> and this weekend box office numbers are in. hansel and grretel which hunters took the top spot earning $19 million during its opening weekend. the supernatural horror film mama landed in second place with nearly $13 million. an academy award contender a silver lining playbook earn a $10 million this weekend.
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>> it is slow on 680 southbound. it is traffic in san francisco we're keeping our eye on. is one of our hot spots. george will give you
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>> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news to attract a san francisco hot spot. >> the traffic is backed up to the octavia's street
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freeway. >> and along this highway leading to 101 southbound. it will take a while for it to dissipate because the back up is bad. there may be one or two chp humans on the scene. as an example of how that can affect the ride. this accident in san jose law cleared from the traffic the center divider has jammed up the traffic through san jose on 101 northbound all the way back to before the 6 80/280 interchange. the slow traffic is about to meet the ledelays adding up to highway 37. >> the accident in san francisco affecting the ride at the bay bridge which is now backed up into the metering lights. the traffic, the mere lies have been slowed because of the heavy traffic getting off the bay bridge. it is backed up into the macarthur maize into the berkeley curve and on berkeley it880 the north
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bound. >> the golden gate bridge heavy but problem free 101 south bound. >> the san mateo bridge is fine. >> hey george, at least it to drive and sunshine. we're seeing pleasant guy from our mount tam scama camera. >> we are hovering above the freezing mark in vallejo. 40 in oakland. >> the numbers in to the afternoon expected mid to upper 50s. >> sunshine, of blue skies, a fremont at 56 campbell at 56. 574 fairfield, concord. 57 for danville and walnut creek. 59 in castro valley. >> downtown san francisco at 58 degrees. mid fifties for petaluma and navato. >> high pressure is building back in over the west coast. you will see clear skies and dry conditions for the next
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several days. >> looking at your extended forecast, your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast show mid to upper 60s begin on thursday. our south bay spots will be flirting with the seventies. >> ♪ i think people have put too much focus on me. i think they did not realize the other weapons we have on this team. i do not think they realize the great offensive line we have. there are a lot of other parts that do great things to make it easy on me to go out there. >> colin kaepernick begging please make it easy on me i stop focusing on me. >> when is that game? >> did you see that? show the shot of column again. i brought one of these and jumped on the bandwagon. i bought a pink one. this is the way everyone is wearing
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it. it does not stay like that. second my kids says mother you are only allowed if you are 20 or younger to do this with your hat. >> straight down is normal. all the kids are doing this. seriously gary did you ever try to do something cool and your kids were like take it off now. >> i don't try and be cool in front of my kids. >> that caught my eye he is so cool. >> just to get it right you have the had a little bit over the hairline. >> it is hard to walk like this. i wanted a pennant. >> anything that guy doesn't would be cold right now. >> i noticed the brady, he had his hat like that in his last press conference. >> coach harbaugh will have a press conference today at
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130. >> has will tran appeared yet? >> yes he is in san francisco he will head to new orleans on wednesday. >> did you see jim harbaugh carrying his daughter with the binkie in her mouth. that was cute. >> remember past years you would see people get off planes with their cameras and start feeling. you did not see any of that. everybody is speculating like harbaugh told them this is a business trip. take a look in past years you would see them get out with their camcorders. >> yes. that is true. i saw them leaving the bus in santa clara and they were all business. >> when they left santa clara they did not stop by any immediate availability they got on the bus and left. >> yes you are right.
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>> people were cheering yes. there is nothing wrong with that. the baltimore comes into day we will see what they do. >> we will have the press conference later on friday with both brothers. >> every day will have 49ers. >> i would hope so! the superbowl! >> i know you want the sharks, but not this week. >> >rondo injury and the problem. the celtics won. everyone will be watching because the rest of the farmers insurance matt. tigmatch. tigard looks like he has this one sewn up. >> if it was not for tighter that would not have
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televised that yesterday's-4 yesterday--if it t for tiger. >> tiger has to be quiet about who he dates. lensing is being quiet. she looks like his pipe. --lyndsey looks like this tide. >> i hate to say i was reading star magazine. you will hear she cannot trust tim. the rest of this guy's life is he supposed to not have a complaint--she cannot trust him. >>--supposed to not have a
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companion. >> you are a naked guy laying on your been talking to me. >> i only have naked this morning. i have a shirt on. >> moving to the winter sports the last day of the x games. why are they jumping up and doing things with snowmobiles. >> this thing went flying into the crowd. they want to top it every year. you have machinery you are asking for trouble. >> this kid had four hours of experience on a snowmobile. why would he do that. >> was anyone injured?
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>> one person was injured. >> to other persons did this flip and the other was seriously hurt and the other was heard. >> extreme sports can be serious for a moment. every event you have to top the previous events. >> football make a touchdown. basketball make a basket. these guys have to stretch one extra move. when you have machinery flying around no good! >> we will see you gary. when is the superbowl? is it sunday?. >> yes it is sunday. >> we
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>> welcome back we're tracking hot spots. first
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san francisco things are improving a bit here that is to say the traffic is moving but the back up are still bad. >> the impact has been shoved back to the octavia's street expressway and the skyway is backed up to the bay bridge. look at the toll plaza ride the accident in san francisco slow traffic back to the island the left- hand lane. they have slowed the metering lights down it is backed up into the macarthur maize. >> in the south bay traffic is jammed in the wake of a now cleared accident. 101 northbound to tremble world the traffic backed up to the capitol expressway. >> off-gas trumbull rollead. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news the niners start their day in new orleans. >> we would hear from the players as the countdown to the superbowl sunday. plus a complete mess of a commuter
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news exit 8 starts now. >> the competitive nature of a football games, a championship game. very excited about it. >> can you tell? that is harbaugh excited. this is the teams getting off the plane that they took to new orleans last night. they are waking up in new orleans this morning. on the right- hand side there is colin kaepernick. he focused on the when being a team effort. san francisco will be ready when they went for the celebrating. >> we will tell you what the city is doing impressions for the superbowl. >> starting often attract the best we had a hot spot george with an update. it looks to see there is some improvement.
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>> the impact of the accident was felt all the way in the east bay on interstate 80. in back of traffic into the upper deck of the bay bridge. it is moving through here much better now on the inbounds central, the south bound james lick. it is at the bay bridge toll plaza that the effects are still felt. the signal lights, the meter lights are slowed down for even the 880 approach is backed up here it is a 25 minute drive time. we are still jammed up in this house bsouth bay and accident at trouble rolled but the back up bridges to the capitol expressway-- trimble road. >> a quick check of weather here is erica. >> good morning george. we are contending with '30's and 40's out there. windy conditions temperatures, a few degrees warmer than yesterday's. expected mid to upper 50s for the rest of the bay area. before we get
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there looking at current of your spirit 46 in navato . 47 in downtown san francisco. fairfield, vallejo, napa contending with '30's. >> more details on the rest of the workweek in just a bit. guys. >> now on our top story this morning. the 49ers are in louisiana. this is video of them landing last night. there is kaepernick strolling on to the tarmac. expectations and hopes and excitement is high among the players and families. speaking of which there is the head coach jim harbaugh with his daughter in arm back pack on his back. i am sure full of what ever you need for a toddler why you're traveling. he is a family guy like everyone else. >> let us get over to kron fours will ran he is standing by in the bay area--willtran--will tran.
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>> we are hoping to the best of preparing for the worst. >> the police department plans to triple the amount of police officers from support will sunday swillsundaysuperbowl supperbowl sunday. >> the 49 should have their immediate availability in minutes in--the 49ers should have their media availability in minutes.
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>> officials have asked restaurant here is not to serve too much hard liquor during the superbowl. there were also as to cut off customers alcohol if they were to drop.intoxicated. >> the mayor does not want a repeat performance of what happened when the giants won the world series. >> we will do everything to keep our city safe as we do our best to celebrate what we should have 18 years. it should be everyone's celebration and not destruction in any way. we will keep the safety of our city the number one priority as we go on to celebrate hopefully will be a visible in for the last 18 years. >> city officials will monitor the situation as well as police officers going in and out of restaurants keeping an eye on things. there will also
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especially, focus on the mission area that is what we call the hot spot after the world series. the plant that extra officers and security. as far as it also many people turned out during the world series to watch the final game. if you are hoping to come and watch during the superbowl it will not happen here. the nfl will not allow the game to be shown on the job quotron. >nmbo ron. >> jumbo tron. we will bring the news conference live in its entirety switch over to our 24/7 news channel comcast 193. for all information go to our web site and all updates on facebook and twitter. >> new this morning, the san
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mateo county sheriff's office says it is pleased with the turnout of its gun buyback program. over the weekend people could drop off their guns for cash, no questions asked. more than $63,000 or handed out an exchange for guns. that is a 680 t and total. 24 of these were assault weapons. 285 handgun and three under 71 rifles or long guns. >> today a plawill learn the fate of a man accused of fatally shooting seven people at oakland's oikos university last year. the last month one goh was ruled incompetent to stand trial. today, the hearing will determine which mental hospital he will be sent to. he is currently being held without bail at alameda
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have been turned up to more than slow. you can see there's hardly any movement at the toll plaza. the back up bridge to the macarthur mays on 580 even eight 880 is backed up to the diamond blacks split. beating thank you gthank you george. >> the dow at 13,000 a day. we're seeing mixed results. we have the s&p -52-3 point. the nasdaq spotted by more than five. we will see how things progress. >> off a dollar move c yahoo ces being urged by investors to explain how the company will
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build growth. the company is expected to report its first annual sales gains in four years. yahoo shares have risen 30% since july, when maye became ceo. she was brought on as a fed chief executive of four years as yahoo struggled to compete with growth at all google and facebook. >> twitter is now worth $9 billion banks on him as an offer by the world's largest asset company black rock has lodged and $80 million offer to a number twitters early employes. the increase in tourist valuation comes during a rocket. for silicon valley. apple has lost one- third of its value in four months. and intel and microsoft struggling to adapt this part called the tablets dominate over pcs.
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all lines and el cerrito is open to a crash that closed the road way. it was around 9:00 the black s u v and another vehicle were involved one person was killed. all four lines of west bound 80 were closed and was reopened at 1130. >> we are also bringing you video on you tube the
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video side show. multiple cars are involved. it stopped traffic on interstate 880. the cell phone video was uploaded to you tube showing people watching nearby and traffic at an absolute standstill. >> the chp receive the call around 320. it took them two minutes they had officers and a patrol car. they had another one on a motorcycle. >> in those moments the participants had driven away. there was no one there when their arrive but, those involved in the side show are captured on video and now the chp is looking at it now. they cannot make out at least that's-they can make out at least several license plates. >> there is more cell phone video of another oakland sideshow. this would happen over the weekend as well. but this time at night on city streets. it looks very
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dangerous. but the crowd of people from all round the spinning car. the car came extremely close to spectators at the time but no one was injured in the video. >> let us get to george with an update on a hot spot. >> darya the was an accident and san francisco response for the bay bridge the hot spot. it appears cleared up it has not yet because this inbound central freeway is way behind schedule. the accident was outside of our camera view southbound at army cesar chavez. it has been cleared the inbound central is still backed up. it is so bad of traffic along the sky way and on to the upper deck of the bay bridge the metering lights were set almost to stop and very little traffic is getting onto the bridge which is backed up the entire length. the back up reaches into the macarthur maize around the berkeley curve the berkeley880 north bound to be a split. drive times are running 26-36
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minutes. more if you're coming out of the macarthur maize. >> it was in the south bay that an earlier occurring accident on 101 northbound really jammed up the ride. it was ride. trimle de la cruz. traffic backed up to highway 85. a 35 minute drive time from 101 northbound highway 237. >> in the lettthe weather center here's an update from erica. >> it is sunshine here in san francisco. and i'll start to the morning. a couple of spots hovering in the mid '30's. temperatures are climbing. livermore 39. 47 in the city. 42 in oakland. >> temperatures are in the '40's we have '30's for some of your inland areas. by lunchtime a light blue on your screen indicates temperatures in the '50s. putting the clock into motion 8:00 p.m. tonight the
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50s are around the heart of the bay will stay. inland spots will get back down to the '40's. not to cold later tonight again, we have big changes as we push in closer to thursday. focusing on your afternoon highs for today plenty of mid to upper 50s in the south bay. campbell 56. sunnyvale 56. 55 in milpitas. >> 57, no. 4 fairfield, cocker, walnut creek. >> 58 is alejandro. >>--58 in san leandro. 57 for concord and walnut creek. i look forward to dry weather for the next several days. there is a 0 percent chance for rain. we're talking mid to upper 60s as we head into the weekend we will continue with warmer than usual conditions. for
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those of you heading to santa cruz temperatures could be as low seventies. size. guys . thank you erica. here in minnesota you are looking at crews clearing up. there is no, freezing rain, sleet . there were hundreds of crashes yesterday's no one was injured. the accident included three jackknifed tractor-trailer is. one was a propane tanker. the good news is there was no serious injuries from the storms in minnesota. taking into our national and satellite and radar. the storm is heading into the east coast. in the northeast for we are looking x snow falling--looking at.
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philadelphia reporting delays out of the airport more than 1.5 hours. cancellations out of no ewark , new jersey, and washington d.c.. the good news this will be out by tomorrow morning. >> will take a quick break at 8:20 a.m.. the cost of a stamp is about to go up. and good news from toyota. traffic is backed up on the upper deck coming from oakland heading towards san francisco. george will have update on our hot spots in just a
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. >> we are back at 8:23. a quick look at temperatures. 47 in san francisco. 42 in oakland. cooler in san jose by a degree. 414 current high. napa 35 degrees. it is starting to warm up it is 39 now approaching the 40 degree mark. >> if you plan on sending any mail out the old fashion way you have to shell out an extra penny for postage. class stamps are going up
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46¢ and postcards will not cost 33¢. international mail when up even more and will cost you $1.10. the hike in prices comes while the u.s. postal service continues to struggle financially. >> toyota is once again the world's top auto maker. the company sold 9.8 million vehicles last year. the cells out number general motors, which sold just short of 9.3 million vehicles. gm had been the top-selling of record for more than seven decades before losing the title to toyota in 2008. gm retook the sales grounded 2011, when toyota's production was hurt by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern japan. the latest loss or an indicator of toyotas come back. >> the ravens are having a
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pep rally. the ravens are arriving in new orleans for a pep rally today. jim's brother arrived today with his team. the 49ers have already gone to new orleans. 8:25 is the time now. >> a. salem about the death of a man shot to death by bart police officer four years ago has been awarded a top prize to the sundance. fruitvale was awarded the wasjury grand prize for a
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dramatic film. the film follows 22 year-old oscar grant in the hours leading up to his death at the fr uotva;e bart station. grant was fatally shot in the back in the early hours of january 1, 2009 by bart police officer johannes meh serle. grant was on our at the time that he was shot. >> jennifer lawrence of the comedies silver linings playbook and daniel day lewis of the civil war epic lincoln won the lead acting prizes at the screen actors guild awards. supporterting acting honors went to an hathaway for performance and the musical les miserable
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and tommy lee jones for his role in the movie lincoln. dick van dyke was presented with a life achievement award. >> will be back with more on the kron 4 morning in you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? [ both laugh ] ♪ [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling.
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>> 8:29 a.m. and we want to get straight to traffic. >> the bay bridge is the hot spots since the accident in san francisco is now long cleared. the effects are still being felt on the westbound ride which is backed up into the macarthur maze, over 22 minutes drive times. 880 is backed up as well. the good news is that they have started to speed up the metering lights. they have cleared out the traffic on the bay bridge, it is no longer jammed up all the way across the span. and the
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south bay we're still recovering from much earlier problems on 1 01 northbound. we of a slower than usual ride coming out of the coyote valley with traffic backed up towards 85. the drive time is now 35 minutes northbound. >> we are saying sunshine and blue skies out there and temperatures are slowly starting to climb. upper 30's low 40's. 48 san carlos. acton and highest mid to upper 50s. 57 fairfield, 59 hayward. if you think this is nice, wait until later on this week. i will break down temperatures expected this weekend in my next report. >> you're a very gutsy quarterback. >> kenny spread the word and get that out? >> this just an jim
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harbaugof business when they arrived and norland last night. harbaugh is trying to keep it that way. he is trying to keep it even tastes and saying this week in nor does he was to treat as a regular week of practices and getting ready for what is probably the biggest super bowl ever. sam francisco is also gearing up this weekend getting ready for celebrations and hopefully not destruction. will tran is live at san francisco's city hall to tell us what the city is doing. >> i just went inside and spoke with some officers and they are preparing for possible destruction. so much so that they told me
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all officers were normally off on sundays have been told to go to work this upcoming sunday. they will be out there helping the san francisco police department cover as much of the city as they possibly can just in case. there could be vandalism, looting. when the officers said we saw what happened during the world series and football fans are even the rowdier. only six more days until the super bowl and everyone is preparing as far as the city is concerned to make sure they have all their personnel out there. here is video from the game all week and a half ago when the 49ers beat the falcons to make it to the super bowl. at that particular time people were celebrating because it was the first civil appearance by the niners in a decade. about a dozen people were arrested that night. since then the mayor of san francisco has been telling restaurants to make sure on super bowl
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sunday to try not to serve too much hard liquor. keep an eye on their customers. the sentences copley's suburban said during the word series especially in the mission district or resaw boss's lead on fire in the middle of the street. they planned have all hands on deck as well. i suppose sunday they have a hundred and 43 officers patrolling sampras's go. this coming sunday up until monday they will have triple that amount. >> i like with the world series, the city will not have a big screen where everyone can gather and watch the game together right? >> now. they will not allow people to congregate to long, especially at city hall. a lot of people enjoy coming down here watching the world series on the jumbo trine but things and get in a little stricter about that because of licensing. they're not allowing their game to be shown on the jumbo drawn
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here. >> keeping the players focused on the game and out of the trouble will be a priority for the coaches. >> we will have rules. >> that comes to making sure players all the rules and doral and that is all 49ers coach jim harbaugh had to say. in case you blank here it is again >> yet we will have a schedule and rules. >> if you think players have not got in trouble during super bowl week, think again. former raiders and player barrett rabin's the night before 97 went on a drinking binge in tijuana mexico. when he was found he was sent home. a jury in
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owosso with the giants was on injured reserve. he got an extreme be why the night before the super bowl meeting he was two times the legal limit. he was sent home. brett farr of former green bay packer quarterback went to new orleans for the symbol was reportedly seen drinking beers with fan. barbara was allowed to play in the big game and allowed his seemed to win with the new england patriots. >> we will have continuing live coverage and was robbed the week leading up to the big game. coach bart by end of the players will hold a press conference today at 130. you can catch that on 247 comcast channel 193. again the press coverage is set for 130 this afternoon. and you can always go to our web site kron4 .com as well as facebook and twitter feed. >> closing arguments will be
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held today in a retrial of a former san francisco police crime lab technician accused of taking cocaine from the facility. deborah madden previously admitted to taking small amounts of drugs spilled from evidence and 2009. her first trial ended in a hung jury last fall. she are alleged death from the labs drug analysis unit led to the eventual closure of the facility. it also forced prosecutors to dismiss hundreds of criminal cases. today president obama will meet with police chiefs from three communities that have experienced a mass shootings. as part of his administration's push to address gun violence. obama is drawing attention to the were shootings of 2012 and biting the police from aurora, colorado, oak creek wisconsin, and new town conn. as president joe biden will be at the meeting held in the white house. >> a live look at the mt. tam cam, a beautiful looking
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shot. a little windy and we will be back with more weather traffic in news in just a moment. well, well, well.
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more than 230died in a brazilian nightclub fire. witnesses are saying that a flair or fireworks lit by the ban may have started the blaze early sunday morning. authorities are saying that at the time the fire of roughly 2000 people were inside the club, nearly double the maximum occupancy. doctors say smoke caused most of the victims to suffocate. more than 100 people are being treated at hospitals for their injuries. flooding continues to be a major problem in parts of australia. you can see just how hard the waters are raging and bruised and queensland. there been a number of water rescues over the last few days. the
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brisbane times reports three people that as a result of the flooding, two others are missing. the flooding started with former tropical cyclone a house wall. the flooding has also prompted some 500 people to evacuate their homes in new south wales. >> about of about 20 to 25 gray whales appeared just off the coast of san diego. a couple visiting from out of town to these amazing photos. the birch aquarium executive director said it is normal to see a lot of wales are around this time of year. it is amazing season for the whales as a migrant down -- migrate down to baja california. local marine experts say this might be the largest river swells ever seen in the area. coming up on the kron4 morning news watching the weather, erica is that why would your full weather
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forecast and george is tracking the commute. >> coming up in the sec report my favorite things for the month of january. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t.
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same great price, two whole years, price promise. [ female announcer ] that has a nice ring to it. [ male announcer ] only from at&t. ♪ >> this sentence as the 49ers are waking up in new orleans this morning. the team lead with their families last night. the 49ers will face baltimore on sunday and the superdome looking to bring home their sixth super bowl crown. today we learn the fate of a man accused of fatally shooting seven people at oakland's roy coast university last year. last month oneone goh was ruled
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incompetent to stand trial. today the hearing will determine which meant the hospital he will be sent to. a possible immigration reform deal will be outlined today by a bipartisan group of senators. the cbo covers or a security, guest workers employedan employer verificatio. it also covers the path to citizenship for the 11 meet emit 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country. >> see that they the bad the toll plaza, they are cycling the metering lights a little faster. the drive times are still over 20 minutes on all of the approaches to the bridge. they're all pretty badly back up. and the south bay we have had pretty bad problems as well. sluggish in the 1 01 northbound direction but recovering.
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we're beginning to see problems southbound 1 01 at mountain view at 85. it could slow the ride coming down from palo alto. the san mateo bridge is looking at 13 minutes drive times. we are problem free for the san mateo bridge. the golden gate bridge is a period where you received the heaviest southbound traffic and is a little sluggish from the tower to the toll plaza. >> most of the bay area it is sitting in the 40's right now. a pretty mild start to the morning. plenty of sunshine from the golden gate bridge shot and behind me from our roof cam overlooking the san francisco skyline. expect mid to upper 50s as we head into tomorrow. we'll be pretty mild until we turn a corner on thursday. temperatures will heat up and feel like spring once again with temperatures climbing in the mid to upper 60s. we have a stretch of
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dry weather ahead of us. today is that high is up mid to upper 50s and the south bay. campbell led 56, sunnyvale of 56. and the east bay it fairfield 57, 58 alameda, 57 danville. looks like napa could climb to 60 and a few degrees cooler for san francisco. satellite and radar picture shows we have transition days. a weak system this morning and high clouds of above. most of the moisture is well off shore so it was raining and over the ocean. high pressure is starting to build back into place. it will stick around for quite some time. january has been relatively dry even though is typically the wettest month. most bay area
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spots, if not all received under an inch of rain so far this month. we are 3 in. behind schedule. keep in mind we have very wet weather on tap for december. we are on par with the seasonal average of right now. 7 day around the bay forecast shows sunshine, blue skies and mid to upper 60s. some of our south bay fought spots could be flirting with the 70 degree mark. very pleasant conditions as we head into saturday and sunday. we will tack on a few extra clouds into the forecast. >> every month tech expert bridge the marrow is on the lookout for unique and useful gadgets. here's a look as a was his favorite things for the month of january. >> i found lots of great things for your house including wireless, color changing light bulbs for
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your smart phone. also a security camera you can watch from just about anywhere. >> ♪ this time my favorite things lookee be comfortable at home, starting with the tv. you probably have lots of components. the touch remote controls them all. it is not crowded with lots of buttons, it just the essentials. it gives you quick access to your favorite channels and command. 200 at $50. this is a very special light bulb, it not only changes color but you can control it wirelessly. it is the philips hue and consent the mode and any room all from a app. a few hundred dollars for a starter kit which includes three balls. keep an eye on your sleeping baby, dog or just about anything would drop cam hb. set of a super simple.
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>> de camera's trams glide a video or audio straight to your computer or iphone and you can see in the dark. there's also a d r function. the toughest part is finding out how to hide it the power cord. hit key keep you connected to your phone, kids and more. >> it is too far away it will give alarm to the parents. >> use your wallet at a good way thanks to card ninja. it attaches to the back of just about any phone. one last thing to carry, it is just $20. it is all about traveling light and it works with the phone you already have. if you learn more about my favorite things for the month of january go to my tech report my favorite things. >> the standards as the
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49ers are going to the super bowl and all the fans are excited this week with this terrible now under one week away. we have received thousands of years and photos and what you keep them coming. a lot of people i've been sending these bottles for the last couple of weeks here. when the likely to continue. that follows are great as well. send us your pictures at breaking news at kron4 .com, or send them to our facebook page @ facebook .com/kron4. >> we would take a quick break and after the kron4 morning news is an episode dr. phil who speaks with a young father who survived an attempted murder by his former in-laws. of the victims of a police officer turned red hair shared their stories.
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>> welcome back today not bad, mostly cloudy with some sun is skies. we a little bit of a warming trend coming up. we may even hit the 70 degree mark and some locations this week. we're also watching a great moment at the pistons he game when a fan base to half-court shot to win $75,000. 50 year-old computer technician at a one-handed dunk shot from midcourt during friday's game. as you can see at the the shot went in, lebron james happily sprinted toward and tackled
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him to the ground. great way to celebrate winning $75,000. >> look at that >> everybody going nuts! >> we are on all things 49ers as we leave and to the super bowl this weekend. and two minutes to have a live report, the city of san francisco is doing to prepare for the big day. plus a local gun buyback problem proves successful, new numbers coming and. rob black joining us at 915 and weighing in on the economic impact of the flu epidemic.
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contain their excitement and enthusiasm as we roll into the super bowl this weekend. get ready for our forty- niner coverage. kron4 has recovered on any and everything superable related from press campuses to practices. there is collin kaepernick giving his latest press conference and there is another one slated for today. that is a live shot a san francisco as we're looking at what the city is planning to do to get ready for the super bowl. we'll have more on that in just a minute. first to give you caught up on weather and traffic and here is george with traffic. >> one of the major problems we have been tracking is the bay bridge westbound which backed up in the wake of earlier problems in san francisco. it had been backed up around the berkeley curve into the art
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macarthur maze a 80 northbound. and last 25 minutes we a seen a big, dramatic improvement. and the length of the black out as well as the length of the drive. and from 36 minutes to 22 minutes. we're beginning to see the end of the back up on the 880 approach. we're really opening up here from 580 coming in from the macarthur maze. there is some slowing there. we are tracking and new hotspot involving a bridge. it is the bridge and san rafael bridge. chp reports and overturned a vehicle and westbound direction. this is not so much of the commute as it is a popular truck route. is not that we would see heavy traffic going to work in the morning but we do see a lot of commercial vehicles headed in that direction. it is now backed up to the toll plaza. there is a stall on
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the 1 01 southbound at 85 and is still has traffic backed up their palo out the nearly two menlo park. >> look at all of this sunshine to kick off your monday morning. no clouds and the sky as we take a look at the city from our roof camera. lots of sunshine just a few high clouds temperatures in mid to upper 50s. tomorrow will be a little colder in the morning compared to this morning. plenty of sun, what we see plenty of dry conditions for the next couple of days. temperatures right now are generally pretty cool. san francisco 47, hayward 43, oakland 49, san carlos 48. when i come back i have your seven day forecast to let you know exactly how warm it will get an win.
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>> 49 as are and/or lens and getting ready to play the game of a lifetime this sunday at super bowl. here's video the team landing last night. here comes jim harbaugh holding his daughter. they arrived last night. they rallied as the ravens of lead taking on the everyone is saying let's focus on the team. win or lose, the superbowl this weekend the city does not want a repeat of the destruction we sought after the giants won the world series. will tran is live outside suicity hall in san francisco.
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>> 7 cisco plansan francisco plo have officers that are normally off on sunday come to work on super bowl sunday just to help and make sure that the police department does not have things get out of control. they had practiced with the world series but they had to learn from that. one officer said football fans tend to be readier than baseball fans. that is why they are bracing for the possible words. here is video of the niners leading santa clara. the niners out on a charter plane and a few hours from now they will have media availability. the police department and mayor ed lee
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of this on thousands of possible people getting out of control. >> small business owner and merchants need the revenue. we would do everything possible to keep our city save. doing our best to celebrate, we should add 18 years and it should be everyone's celebration and not destruction in any way. we'll keep the safety of our city as number one priority as we go out to celebrate. hopefully i big super bowl ran for the last 18 years. >> the fans may really get out of hand to the point of getting destructive because it is been so long. that is why the police apartment is tripling the number of officers available. 400
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officers will focus specifically on the mission district, that is where we see the most damage. >> the traditional " so happy i need to burn something ". you saw jim harbaugh and the team getting off the plane and they are so composed and all business. they are not throwing parties or anything. >> the reason why is the as they do not want to become bulletin board material. you could see her boss seating on the sidelines during the game. during news conferences he it is bruised boats the asit is boat see aske >> you saw jim harbaugh with
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a straight face and the raiders are getting ready. they have this party, a press conference rallying. you know i am with well, stay low-key. it is business. you just get on the plane and focus on the game. there's a big celebration, this is live. the ravens have a pep rally with jim harbaugh. this is something we will be keeping an eye on. both teams will be there for burying this week for the match up.kron4 as the team coverage. we have been asking for your fan photos and sharing your 49ers spirit you can share your photos of facebook and
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twitter and we are also waiting for a press conference this afternoon at 130. we have be covered are 247 news channel 193. the salmon sales county sheriff's office says it is pleased with the turn out of its gun buyback program. although we give people the drop off their guns forecast no questions asked. more than 63,000 guns were handed dollars or have it out exchange for guns. that is 680 guns in total. 24 of those were assault weapons. 285 handguns and 3071 rivals are long guns. we'll be right back.
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is not even take words. we have similar views. >> you are likable enough. >> thank you. i am here, he is not. >> how did it take to get over that? >> it did not take as long as most people would have received it. >> i think staff will take a much harder. >> 2016 came up and the president laughed off a question about endorsing clinton. >> i am literally inaugurated four days ago. you are already talking about elections four years from now. >> the secretary sidestep. >> i don't think he or high and this can predict what will happen tomorrow or even next year. >> clinton recently severed concussion and a blood clot covered in sunglasses acts answered a question about her health. >> it is great, i a
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lingering affects from falling on my head and a blood clot but the doctors are telling me that i will be at full speed. >> 9:13 a.m. and as we had to commercial break here is some reaction from the longtime niners fans will be at sunday's big super bowl game. >> i have been a season ticket holder for the centers is the 49 for 37 years. i am excited as you would not believe. ! my team is going to win!
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>> we're joined by rob black to talk about winners and losers on wall street. we have a couple of winners for today according to the notes here. we want to start off with home sales.not as many in the last quarter. you say that is a good thing wise that a winning situation? >> in large part we did not sell as many homes and in inventory is incredibly tight. is a seller's market, pushing prices higher. or the years as sales climbed but you never want anyone statistic. realtors groups and of your homes and inventory. other than that i
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think things are looking pretty good all things considered. i don't want to totally discount this because it is 90 percent of market. we're tight, homes that will be close the next 30 to 60 days. there'll be some lumping us tied to the weather. >> the other whether you have is there's a run of vaccines on the flu epidemic. this with a smile on your face-explain >> it is a winner on wall street. cbs and what rates are heading a 52 week high. typically feed on many americans are sick at any given time with the flu? 2.2% the number now is all yet to 4.6%. if you go to what grades there is a check list of what you need. i
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like johnson and johnson for a slow conservative investment. they have a growth on their side because of the flu vaccines. i invest in sickness. why not? >> i have some of your questions here i will throw your weight. one from elisabeth, thank you for writing in. should i camber my 401k into an equity index annuity? >> i work with a lot of financial planners and at that plan is a mistake. insurance people are going after that 401k. it could be alive policy, you do not need insurance the day you die for most people. i lost my grandmother at 95 and she did not need insurance at 95. the only people who need
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insurance their entire life are wealthy people. if i give all my money to stand for what i diet they buy eight life insurance policy. stay away from it cities unless you are wealthy and financially planning. >> that would has our second question and he says i am looking to refinance my mortgage should i do it now? >> i refinanced last year and batted down to 4%. rates are starting a little higher and today we have good news out of caterpillar. add all that up and a 10 year is 1.5% and now it is creeping up to about 2%. record mortgage rates may be a thing of the past. they will not skyrocket. todd your guy and see what you got, don't look to be right. i don't think you'll be out of control.
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>> thank you and we will see you again tomorrow. don't forget you can listen to robbed here on the kron4 morning news at 645 and 915. we will see a next time. >> thank you >> a live look at these sam and severs is gone less side and a few clouds in the distance. on the right it is full sunshine on the bay bridge. let's see what we're in for today and the rest of the workweek. >> we have lots of sunshine in store for us not only today and tomorrow but the next several days. most of us a waking up to mostly sunny conditions. the few areas seeing a mixture of sand or the coast. otherwise plenty of sunshine and cool start to the day. this afternoon, a study in the gulf could be a bit breezy
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at times. clear skies tonight and temperatures going down into the '40's. right now we are in the 40's. 48 san francisco, and novato. oakland 49, concord when sunnyvale and san jose and the mid 40's. we need some rain but we will not get it in the next several days here. the rain fall for this month is just about to test for s f o and half an inch in san francisco. santa rosa picking up almost an inch. you can see our monthly deficit when she pass marin that is below average for the month. last then 3 in.. we will not be adding to any of this rain. satellite pictures show high pressure is in control and we will see a lot of
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sunshine and dry weather pattern for the next several days. all the way through the end of the month and beginning of february. it looks like we'll be having an off-shore flow by wednesday. we will see a breeze coming in from the east. what it means for us is warmer conditions for wednesday in to your weekend. eyes for today '50s and '60s. san jose upper 50s, 564 mountain view. 58 san leandro, walnut creek 57, upper 50s for union city and pleasanton. and the north bay temperatures are pretty nice. 684 napa, 60 berkeley, low 64 berkeley. a lot of us should be a writer on average for this time of year. things change and we will get warmer and the next few days. next tuesday wins
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mid '50s. lots of sunshine, mid-60s and some spots will be close to 70 degrees, especially by friday. planned b l five for the weekend -- to be outside for the weekend. >> we continue to drag out spots, 580 the rich and sam revell bridge. chp reported a few moments ago they would at the thought they would have delays clear for the parsley black left and lay in past the toll plaza. traffic is still backed up there. it is still backed up their san jose on 1 01 in the northbound direction where the traffic-jammed because of earlier occuring problems. it is not slow because it turned off the metering lights on the ramp there. the bay bridge toll plaza has a big improvement
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for the westbound ride, no longer a hot spot. better conditions on all the approaches even though it's close to the maze. it is heavy getting onto interstate 80, not the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge looks great with 11 minutes here. problem free. the golden gate bridge southbound ride as a really thin out. 9:24 a.m. and kron4 morning news will take a break, we'll be right back.
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koi??çóñk?wç >> they have the fog machine out there! as they leave baltimore and had to
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ignore lanchad to know or lendny have the music and everything, we left quiet. they are heading out now and the two teams and two brothers will face off at this sunday in the super bowl. we'll be back more with our team coverage of the 49ers headed to the super bowl to face the ravens in just a couple of minutes.
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>> we're looking at a couple of problems. we still have an accident at the richmond center fell bridge and chp communicating they were going to shut down all the lanes while they tried to clear the vehicle. it
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overturned and a splash it partially blocking the left- hand lane. is mid span so they're deleted delays coming out of marin county. the nimitz is a new hot spot, 880 in the northbound direction. 16th avenue is the first report of an accident slowing the right coming out of san leandro and to downtown oakland. >> we're talking lots of sunshine as monday morning. the golden gate bridge live hopefully you brought your sunglasses. 48 degrees in downtown san francisco, oakland 49, concord 46, livermore 43. sunshine will continue for today. will be a little milder today. tonight clearing skies and warm conditions coming this way. i will let you know how warm and when coming up a little later. >> i know i share this with
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some of the beat writers but we get a half ago but it is a true story. collin kaepernick is running and he is the strategy has, the gracefulness with his stride the ground that the covers, how fast and quick he is reminds me of myself. (laughter) then i wake up (laughter) when i have dreams and visions of when i run personally it is the way he runs. >> ashley jim harbaugh was kind of funny there. he is a man of few words. also wrote another parallel sampras's
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go is bracing just like with the world series with the super bowl and the 49ers celebration. this tends to happen whether you win or lose people get a little excited and there is some distraction. that is with the city does not want. will tran is live and san francisco. >> if he keeps that up we get the welfare roll by the end of the week. he has undoing as for the past week and he has ever more days to do it. sam francisco city hall and mayor ed lee and the san francisco police chief are getting ready as well. they want to make sure that semblances go does not get out of hand win or lose. we want to show the world we are a world-class city that can win or lose it graciously and not burn our
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own city down. that was the first appearance in almost two decades that the forty- niner fans let it out. so much so, 12 people were arrested. they had a lot of practice for the world series. two world series in three years and then after this latest world series we saw a vandalism going on in the mission district. that is why the san francisco sheriff's department has everyone who is normally off on sunday coming to work for super bowl sunday. the severance as the police department will be up their manpower as well. instead ofhave officers they will have 400 officers. the mayor has also been asking area restaurants and bars to try not to serve too much hard liquor and keep an eye on your customers who may be getting out of control during the game. >> will travel had out and
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provide some of our team coverage from new orleans. we saw in the last four minutes the ravens heading out from baltimore. they have this pep rally going on with fog machines and leading with a big hoopla. the 49ers plated cool when they left yesterday afternoon. we are already in new orleans now. gabe slate was in santa clara at the games had quarter when all the fans lined up to see them off. (cheers & applause) >> hard-core fans came out to wish the team lock on their journey to the big easy in the big game. they gathered at the common entrance at the practice ground and held in the cd players locked on to the boss. the teen had other plans so they only let me get into the area they were loading up due to a tight schedule. there was a lot of
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security, police and public relations and team paddlers milling about. they made the marrio media stay and the one place. the coach and players did not have time to walk, they walked by. collin kaepernick started a windsor had to keep his head warm and head phones around his neck for the flight. they drove the five buses carrying the team in front of the crowd out front. hundreds of fans and cheered them on. they did not see through the tinted windows but they did not care. there's a special bond between a hard core fans and players. >> we are happy for them and hope they bring a championship mom. we just wanted to let them know that we support them. we love them out there playing for us. >>
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>> this guy is seriously about his weekends. this was a new wheat bins ad that was leaked over the weekend. we all know these commercials do not come cheap to run on to burbles sunday. this year a 30 seconds by cost a record $4 million. this means you need to sell a lot of weekends. kron4 contending our team coverage of all things super ball and forty-niner related here on kron4 on our web site @ kron4 died, as well. facebook and twitter also. there is a conference at 130
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today with some the players as well as coach carboy and you can catch at on our digital channel 193.
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now on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection your whole house can count on. ♪ >> actors are holding the cut awards they won last night and the screen actors guild award. >> actors of the big and small screen under each other's performances at the 19th annual screen actors guild awards. 30 rock was recognized. alec baldwin and tina fey both took home statues. >>-alley is up against a big banks. tonight at 8. just take the big bang theory for once for crying out loud! >> the cast of downtown everyone its first award.
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clear day and was recognized for homeland >> that is so good to be bad. >> gen ever lawrence won four silver linings playbook and add have the way was recognized for supporting performance and lemons are out. >> therefore somehow it is only fitting that an actor tries to bring him back to life again. >> word for outstanding cast goes to argo >> it has nothing to do with me but incredible people were in this movie. >> they hired dick van dyke with a lifetime achievement award >> i haven't knocked around this business for 70 years i still haven't quite figured out what it is i do. >> at 943 we're taking a
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live look at the small screen and the approach to the bay bridge traffic is not bad. the sunshine looks good and we have a terrific week in store for the bay area for weather. we will be back with more in a minute.
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>> the next time is like your card might be saving money each use debit rather than credit. that is because of new fees stores can now charge. it's all part of a settlement between visa, mastercard and nine at banks. because of the settlement merchants can now pass on the fees the credit issuers make them pay. that means customers could be charged 1.5 at 23% more it on your purchase if you choose to charge it. the fee does not apply to debit transactions. if you plan on sending mail out the old fashion way you will have to shell of an
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extra penny for postage. first-class stamps are going up to 46¢ and post cards will now cost you 33¢. international mail went up even more and will now cost a dollar and 10¢. a hike in prices comes while the u.s. postal service continues to struggle financially. his 9:47 a.m. and here's another look at traffic with george. >> we are still tracking hot spots and the traffic center. the rich and san rafael bridge and the nimitz freeway oakland. in both cases the accidents are cleared from traffic lanes. all lanes are open but that does not mean traffic is moving yet. it is backed up all the way to the toll plaza on westbound interstate 580 leading toward marin county. even though the lanes have been cleared on the nimitz freeway southbound at 16 we are still backed up getting down to the accident from interstate 880 in the bridge. we're still backed up from well before the coliseum in the northbound direction. if you're headed
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to the airport give yourself extra time whether you are coming out of downtown oakland or the san leandro area. consider using interstate 580 instead. it had been a hot spot, that is the bay bridge but you cannot see the end of the back up. things cleared out here. the san mateo bridge never had any major problems, an easy ride now. the golden gate bridge ride 1 01 southbound throughout the commute is passed the peak. they have added a third line northbound. here is any with the weather. >> but get all these sunshine at the bay bridge. lots of sunshine to kick off your work week year after a pretty nice weekend. lots of sunshine in mid to upper 50s for the afternoon. tomorrow a colder start to the morning but otherwise we will take advantage of the ground warm-up starting tomorrow as well. plenty of
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sunshine and a warming trend will be here. i do not see any storms for the next several days. temperatures right now are in the '50's and 40's. 50 have monday, 49 downtown san francisco, as well as oakland. san jose 44. satellite and radar showing us the reason we are drive the next few days is because of high pressure. we'll see lots of sunshine and showers will stay to the north of us. the wind direction will change on wednesday and we will have been off shore flow. when will be heading out to the sea. what that means for us is milder, warmer conditions wednesday thursday and friday into the weekend. future cast 44 today 10:00 this morning '40's and '50's for the majority of us. mid
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to upper 50s by the afternoon. no 60s on the map today but tomorrow and wednesday that will change. local bag down to the 40's and a couple of us will see some 30's potentially especially southeast of san jose. other than that a nice day today. 56 in mountain view and mostly cloudy skies 68 san jose, milpitas mid-50s east bay temperatures topping out of 59 for hayward, danville 57 pleasanton upper 50s. berkeley, 60 oakland, 61 napa 60 degrees. the metal warm-up will continue through tomorrow and wednesday 7 day around the bayth wednesday 63 thursday
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friday even warmer. the warmest day is lucky to be friday we will see close to 70 degrees on friday. a really nice finish to the workweek. the weekend looking pretty good, partly cloudy conditions and temperatures topping out mid-60s. we will be drive a we could use the rain. 9:51 a.m. and here is dariya >> the sharks opposed the vancouver canucks with a chance to run their record to 5 know. they did just that as joe pavelski scored two goals to lead the sharks over the canucks 4 to 1. patrick marleau added a goal of his own but saw his multiple game streak stopped at four. joe thornton also scored and coached the tide at mcclellan earn his 200th
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career victory. next up is charged in the their sixth game homestand against the anaheim ducks tomorrow. gold watchers are saying tiger woods is starting to play like his old self. what will have a chance to win the pga at farmers insurance open when it resumes play today. s day one plan was suspended because of darkness would add shot a 6 shot lead through seven holes of the final round. he has won the event seven times and for including a u.s. ( 10,000 a. back the oakland coliseum and oracle arena to see their favorite a's players. some snow line for hours to get an autograph, is that a picture or even ask a question. several players including coco crisp and a. j. griffin were on hand to meet and greet fans. as got a close-up look
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of the team's world series trophy from last year's pass. >> we did a little father- son bonding last year and he said we have to go to fan fest. >> my whole family is a bunch of big a's fans. we just got our season tickets! >> we had an opportunity the to meet the players. they're always so friendly and we think they're the best guys in the league. it is always cool to meet them and have fun with them. >> this year was a sellout. after the kron4 morning news dr. phil speaks with the young father whose family and lot attempted to murder him. that is coming up at 10:00.
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>> kron4 is your 49ers super bowl station. the niners are
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practicing right now and new orleans. 130 today jim harbaugh and some of the players will be having a press conference. be sure to send to digital channel comcast 193. get ready now for dr. phil.

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